MUMBAI, India, Jan. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202221043880 A) filed by Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Maharashtra, on Aug. 1, 2022, for 'an assembly jig for normal blowing aft ballast tank.'

Inventor(s) include Sardar, Jitendra K.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 31, under issue no. 05/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an assembly jig adapted to weld and assembles the normal blowing aft ballast tank to the pressure hull of a Scorpene submarine. assembly jig 100 comprises a circular base plate 1 having an inner section 1A and an outer section 1B,a plurality of support beams 2 configured to suppo...